Fabric-renovating apparatus.



PATENI'ED JUNE 21, 1904.

G. WASSERTHEURER. FABRIC RENOVATING APPARATUS.

' APPLIOATION FILED APR. 6, 1903.

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1%. 763,032. Patented June 21, 1904.

- UNITED STATEsPATENT ()FFICE.

GEORGE WVASSERTHEURER, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

FABRIC-RENOVATING APPARATUS.

. SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 763,032, dated June 21', 1904.

7 Application filed April 6, 1903. Serial No. 151.382. (No model.)

To whom it y 607106771! ing-arm B extends upwardly from the base A Be it known that I, GEORGE VVASSERTHEU- beside the steam-tank B and at its upper end BER, acitizen of the United States, residing at .is provided with a hook B The feed-pipe Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of B, the discharge -pipe B and the drip-pipe Illinois, have invented certain new and useful B are fiexiblein this instance being rubber Improvements in Fabric-Renovating Appatubing.

ratus, of which thefollowing is a specification. C is the steam-applying implement herein- This invention relates to a means for renobefore referred to. Thisimplement comprises vating fabrics and raising the nap thereof, and a body portion C,- of oval outline and hollow 10 has for one of its objects the production of an construction, andahandle portion C the body apparatus for forcing steam into the body of portion being composed of a top wall C apethe fabric being treated. ripheral wall C, and a bottom C The pe- A further object of the invention is the proripheral wall and the bottom in practice are duction' of a hand implement for applying usually formed ofasingle piece of sheetmetal,

I 5 steam to a fabric, said implement having I the bottom being raised somewhat above the 5 means for preventing the moisture of the conlower edge of the peripheral wall, forming densation from beingthrown onto thefabric. between said bottom and said wall an annu A further object is the provision for said lar channel C. The handle portion C comsteam-applyingimplement of means for drainprises an inlet steam-pipe C communicating 2o ing the implement of saidcondensation. with the discharge pipe B from the steam- 7 In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is tank B, and a hand-grip C composed of a a side elevation of an apparatus embodying substance non-conducting of heat and adapted my said invention, showing the same in posito be grasped by the operator in the use of tion beside a work-table of common constructhe apparatus. The inlet pipe C extends 25 tion. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal central section through a suitable opening in the peripheral through the steam-applying implement. Fig. wall C of the body portion C, projecting into 3 is an under face view of said implement. said body portion and extending from end to Fig. 4 is an under face view of the body of the end thereof. In its opposite sides this pipe implement, showing the same with its brush is provided with suitable perforations C for 3 attachment. Fig. 5 is a horizontal section on admitting steam from saidpipe to the interior 8O dotted line 5 5 of Fig. 1. Fig. 6 is a fragmenof the body portion C. A nipple C extends tal transverse section through the hand imthrough the peripheral Wall C of the impleplement shown in Fig. 2, illustratingthe posiment and connects the interior of said impletion of the steam-inlet pipe with reference to ment with the drip-tank B by means of the 3 5 the steam-outlet nozzles of adjacent series. drip-pipe B. An eye C is secured to the 5 In the embodiment herein shown of this inbody portion C of the steam-applying imple ventionI provideabase A,of any suitable conment C and is adapted to be engaged by the struction, upon which rests a steam-tank B, hook B when said implement is suspended havingafeed-pipe B communicatingbetween from said hook. The bottom C of the body 4 said steam-tank and a steam-generator (not portion C is perforated with suitable open- 9 shown) and a discharge-pipe B communicatings C arranged substantially in longitudiing between the steam-tank and a steam-apnal series, and each of these openings is proplying implement, to be hereinafterdescribed. vided with a nozzle C having at its inner end A drip-tank B is formed upon the side of the a needle-opening C. i

45 steam tank B for receiving condensation, as A facing-cloth D is provided for the under will appear later herein. 7 The drip-tank is face of the body portion C of the implement provided with a drip-pipe B; also with afaucet C,and this facing-cloth is held in position upon 13'' for drawing olf the water that collects in said the implement by means of a clamping ring drip-tank. The steam-tank Bis provided with D, which ring extends beside the peripheral 5 a faucet B fora similar purpose. A supportwall C of saidbody portion and is provided T00 with the two projecting ears D at its ends, each of said ears having a suitable opening through which a clamping-bolt D extends for tightening the ring D in the Well-known manner.

When desirable, a detachable brushE may be used in connection with the implement C. The brush is made in two sections, each comprising an outer band E and an inner band E one end of the inner band being secured to the corresponding end of the outer band by a rivet E The opposite ends of the bands E and E of both sections are provided with perforated ears E, through which passes a bolt E for holding together the two bands of each section and for clamping the brush upon the implement C. The other ends of the brush-sections are joined together with an interlocking hook and eye E. The brush material used is broom-corn, which is inserted betweenthe two bands E and E of each brush-section,the lower end of the brush material projecting below the under face of the implement E.

A table F of ordinary construction is provided to receive the fabric to be treated.

In operation the feed -pipe B is connected with a source of steam-supply. The fabric to be renovated is spread upon the table, and the hand implement C, equipped as in Fig. '2, is passed by the operator over the garment. If wrinkles or creases are to be elfaced, the implement C is permitted to contact the garment as said implement is passed over it; but if the gloss of the fabric only is to be removed the implement is merely moved backward and forward over the goods, the facing-cloth D being removed in this instance. In renovating goods having a long nap the brush E is secured in place upon the implement. The facing-cloth may or may not be used in conjunction With the brush E. I ordinarily have found it desirable to use the brush and the facing-cloth in conjunction,'in which case the cloth is clamped upon the implement by means of the brush, the ring I) being dispensed with. The nozzles C extend upwardly within the body portion G to a considerable height, and their upper ends are nearly closed, preventing the discharge of condensation through said nozzles. Indeed, the channel C under ordinary circumstances is suflicient to contain the condensation that accumulates in the body portion C in the intervals occurring between the times when the implement C is suspended from the hook B When so suspended, the condensation is drained from the body portion C through the drip-pipe B into the driptank B It is apparent that many slight changes may be resorted to in the embodiment herein shown of this invention without departing from the spirit and scope thereof, wherefore I desire to have it understood that I do not confine myself to the precise form of apparatus shown and described herein.

I claim as my invention 1. In a fabric-renovating implement, in combination, a body portion adapted to contain steam and having a lower side surrounded by a channel for receiving condensation, said lower side being provided with a plurality of steam-discharge openings; and an inwardlyextending nozzle for each of said openings.

2. In a hand-held implement adapted to be passed over a garment for applying steam thereto, in combination, a body portion having imperforate side and top walls and a perforated bottom; and inwardly-extending nozzles for the perforations in said bottom, each of which nozzles is provided with a small inlet-opening rearward of its discharge end.

3. In a hand-held implement adapted to be passed over a garment for applying steam thereto, in combination, a body portion having imperforate side and top walls and aperforated bottom; an inlet-pipe extending into said body portion and having openings therein; and inwardly-extending nozzles for the perforations in said bottom, each of which nozzles is provided with a small inlet-opening rearward of its discharge end.

4. In a hand-held implement adapted to be passed over a garment for applying steam thereto, in combination, a body portion having imperforate side and top walls, a perforated bottom, and a channel around said bottom for receiving the condensation; and inwardly-extending nozzles for the perforations in said bottom, each of'which nozzles is provided with a small inlet-opening rearward of its discharge end.

5. In a hand-held implement adapted to be passed over a garment for applying steam thereto, in combination, a body portion having imperforate side and top walls, a perforated bottom, and a channel around said bottom for receiving the condensation; an'inletpipe extending into said body portion and having openings therein; and inwardly-extending nozzles for the perforations in said bottom, each of which nozzles is provided with a small inlet-opening'rearward of its discharge end.

GEORGE WASSERTHEURER. Witnesses:

L. L. MILLER, L. KNEBLER. 

